Where does “kommunvapen” come from?
kommunvapen (Swedish) comes from Swedish kommun, from French commune, from Medieval Latin communia, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis, from Proto-Italic kommoinis, from Proto-Indo-European ḱom-moy-ni-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
kommunvapen (Swedish): municipal arms
Definitions
- municipal arms
Ancestry of “kommunvapen”, step by step
kommunvapen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish kommun
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | kommun | municipality, city, commune; a local political... |
| 2 | French | commune | commune; feminine singular of commun |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | communia | nominative neuter plural of commūnis; accusative... |
| 4 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 5 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 10 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 11 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 12 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Swedish våpen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | våpen | definite plural of våp |
| 2 | English | vape | Clipping of vaporizer; To inhale the vapor... |
| 3 | English | vaporize | To turn into vapor |
| 4 | English | -ize | Used to form verbs from nouns or adjectives |
| 5 | Middle English | -isen | -ise, -ize |
| 6 | Middle French | -iser | -ize |
| 7 | Latin | -izō | Used to form similative verbs from nouns and adjectives |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -ίζω | Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and... |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | -íďďō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -idyéti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 13 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |